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Microsoft, Focused On Robotics, Goes With A Free Model

As we reported yesterday when discussing the new open source Qbo robot, it joins a growing field of increasingly capable robots that run on free, open source platforms. In Qbo’s case, Linux is the underlying platform, and an open source software stack sits on top of it

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Microsoft, Focused On Robotics, Goes With A Free Model

Microsoft, Focused On Robotics, Goes With A Free Model

As we reported yesterday when discussing the new open source Qbo robot, it joins a growing field of increasingly capable robots that run on free, open source platforms. In Qbo’s case, Linux is the underlying platform, and an open source software stack sits on top of it. The fact that both the operating system and software stack on top of it are free means that substantial costs in producing Qbo robots are driven out of the equation

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Microsoft, Focused On Robotics, Goes With A Free Model